What she says: I’m fine
What she means: How come Rene Descartes is only remembered as a philosopher, and the guy who said “I think therefore I am”? The Cartesian plane is NAMED after him and still only hard mathematicians know that he invented it. Also, the whole Newton/Leibniz argument completely ignores the fact that Descartes allowed both of them to discover calculus, because of his theories/ideas and invaluable work with exponents - he literally laid the foundations of calculus but no one mentions him when discussing who invented it. He even invented the modern notation of writing powers as superscripts as well as the convention of using x,y,z for variables and a,b,c for constants. Most importantly he INVENTED ANALYTIC GEOMETRY and pulled everyone’s collective heads out of their collective asses. He was one of the greatest mathematicians. But yeah, a cool philosopher too, let’s let “Cogito Ergo Sum” be his only legacy.
[11.32 am]I have ODE lab viva soon and I am terrified but hopefully, it will be over soon. I have given myself the task of completing 20 problems of vector calculus.
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[3.20 pm] I did start but there has been a dip in my motivation.So I guess I will just take a nice bath, cook some snacks for myself and my parents and then sit and study again.
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[9.45 pm] I am done for the day.Today I did some problems on vector calculus.I don't know why but I felt tired in the evening and just could not sit and solve stuff so I did not force myself.There is some kind of peace in calculating the angle between two very complex surfaces don't you think? Only if I had more energy to go through it.But now I remember also loving the concept of directional derivative.It is not done yet so gotta continue tomorrow.
222 days left to go..
I really want to get into math. What book do you recommend reading!
Great question! Here are some fun ones that are still informative and that really opened up my eyes to what math truly is:
How to Solve It by George Polya. This is a classic and the title speaks for itself: it is about how to reason mathematically.
Hyperspace by Michio Kaku. This one is mathy and sciencey. It is very geometrical and shows how our view of geometry has changed throughout history and how it has influenced science. Kaku is my favorite author.
Proof and Refutations by Imre Lakatos. Another classic. This one has to do with how mathematical proof advances our mathematical knowledge, in other words what professional mathematicians do. It is also surprisingly funny.
Other recommendations?
17/05/2021
Today I have classes till 4.30.I am not feeling great but I am determined not to be controlled by my negative thoughts.I will rest for some time after the classes then maybe have a cup of tea(I know drinking tea is not recommended after 2 lol but maybe an exception today), and start my work.Today I want to get done the following stuff
Complete revising my last week's maths content.(Hardly 15 minutes)
20 Problems from Group theory( at least 1 hour)
Group theory (Important actions and applications)(Maybe 90 minutes hopefully less lol)
Around 3 hours of work.Hehe not much but I'll be dead tired by the end of it.Okie see ya!
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31/05/2021
Heyyy
I hope today treated you well ❣
So today I did the following stuff
🖤Studied Chemistry
🖤Solved some problems on Group Theory
🖤Submitted my law assignment( I'm taking an extra law class this semester)
🖤Revised chem for some time
🖤Completed 30 days on duolingo haha 🙈
Quote: It's a slow process but quitting won't speed it up
A benefit of going to big conferences is that you get to learn about math concepts that would otherwise be outside your field. Such as
From tomorrow I'll be starting to study real analysis,Linear algebra.I have a feeling I am going to enjoy it.
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